A Perfect Friend signs with Knoppar

A Perfect Friend (Thomas Denver Jonsson + Pacta/Ondo) has signed with Knoppar (Hajen, Tvärvägen) for the release of their sophomore album "Timber and modern ways". No date yet, but expect a release late this year.

Thomas Denver Jonsson in the UK in October

Swedish singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonsson is heading to the UK in October:

10/08 - The Concrete Campfire, Glasgow (UK)
10/09 - 41 king street, Blackburn (UK)
10/10 - Le Pub, Newport (UK)
10/11 - The Musician, Leicester (UK) w/J. Tillman
10/12 - The Luminaire, London (UK)
10/14 - What's Cookin', London/Leytonstone (UK)
10/16 - Hope & Anchor, London/Islington (UK)
10/17 - The Chattery, Swansea (UK)

Keep an eye out for German tourdates to be announced for November/December soon.

New material from Thomas Denver Jonsson soon

Thomas Denver Jonsson has a few new comp appearances coming up -- first is "What's kickin' vol. 4" on Stovepony Records which features "Willing night plants", Thomas' first new track in close to two years. That comes out in July. Next is the Townes Van Zandt tribute "Via the great unknown" on Forthesakeofthesong which will feature Thomas' take of the track "To live is to fly". That should be out in October. As for Thomas' other plans, he says his new album "Arctic" is currently being prepped for release along with the sophomore release from sideproject A Perfect Friend.

Thomas Denver Jonsson returns to the UK in October

Swedish troubadour Thomas Denver Jonsson will be heading back to the UK in October; full dates soon.

Thomas Denver Jonsson in Berlin

Thomas Denver Jonsson is heading to Germany for a couple shows at the end of the month:

04/30 - Studio Zehn, Berlin
05/02 - Intersoup, Berlin w/Bobby Baby

Thomas Denver in Poland next week

Updated Polish tourdates for Thomas Denver Jonsson:

03/04 - Klub Pod Jaszczurami, Krakow
03/05 - Meskal, Poznan
03/06 - Stara Wozowia, Lusowo k. Poznania
03/07 - Magazyn, Tarnowskie Góry
03/08 - Niskie Laki, Wroclaw
03/09 - Stary Gramofon, Wolów
03/10 - Kawiarnia Baszta, Ostrzeszów

The Topeka Twins give new EP a release date

The new EP "Swim, swam, swan" from The Topeka Twins aka Björn Kleinhenz + Thomas Denver Jonsson will get an official release on January 24 and the duo will celebrate with a show at Hagateatern in Göteborg. Besides the hand-assembled 3" CD version which I'm sure will be available at the show, the EP will also be posted for free download.

Thomas Denver Jonsson is going to Poland

Thomas Denver Jonsson is going to Poland in March:

03/04 - Klub Pod Jaszczurami, Krakow
03/05 - Meskal, Poznan
03/06 - Stara Wozowia, Lusowo k. Poznania
03/07 - Magazyn, Tarnowskie Góry
03/08 - Niskie Laki, Wroclaw
03/10 - Kawiarnia Baszta, Ostrzeszów

Hello everyone, it's December 1 so that means it's time once again for our annual top 10 blowout. As with year's past, we'll be publishing a new guest list from a different contributor each and every day all the way until New Year's. Up first: Thomas Denver Jonsson
I don't have the entire month booked quite yet, so if you feel up to contributing your own list, get in touch!

Top 10s for 2008: Thomas Denver Jonsson

The new Björn Kleinhenz/Thomas Denver Jonsson EP "Swim, swam, swan" will be released as a 3" CD in the very near future. Oh, and keep an eye out for a free download version as well.

Thomas Denver Jonsson and Björn Kleinhenz have decided to resurrect their folk duo The Topeka Twins and have recorded four brand new tracks, their first new material since the debut 7" EP from 2003. As to how and when it will be released, I will keep you posted.

MP3: The Rabbit Theory - Krokås

Hopefully you already took the initiative to download all of the tracks from Björn Kleinhenz's excellent covers and remix countdown, but just in case, we've got all of the tracks re-posted here as a netrelease. Who cares that we're still a week away from the Swedish release of his new album "Quietly happy and deep inside"? Download these tracks and pretend you already know the record! Of course, I aim to stupefy, which is why I've posted the one track that's probably the most different from the original. Obviously, that Anders Teglund remix I posted is also distinctly not Björn, but you can still hear fragments of his voice. On the other hand, Switzerland's The Rabbit Theory take the song "Krokås" and totally mess it up, turning it into an emo post-punk workout. It's all jagged rhythms and hoarse vocals, yet you do get a huge finale to round this up at the end. I know, not a Scandinavian band, but rules are made to be broken. Sometimes. Download "Krokås" below and then head to my netlabel page to snag the rest.

Also, don't forget my interview with Björn's friend and fellow singer/songwriter Thomas Denver Jonsson discussing his contribution: [click here]

The Rabbit Theory - Krokås

MP3: Thomas Denver Jonsson - The light of love

It's Wednesday so that means it's time again for more Björn Kleinhenz cover tunes as we count down to the release of his new album "Quietly happy and deep inside". Seeing as how one of this week's featured artists is Thomas Denver Jonsson, an artist I'm frequently in contact with, I figured I'd track him down for a short Q&A session:

How did you get involved with the cover project? Have you known Björn for awhile or what?

Me and Björn must've known each other since 2001 when we started to appear on the same compilations and was reviewed in the same magazines. We also had a band, The Topeka Twins and we released a record 2003 [how soon I forget! -ed.]. We quitted the duo though since we looked too much like a Swedish version of Simon & Garfunkel. The situation was unbearable. Both wanted to be Art.

Did you get to pick the song or was it assigned to you? How did you approach doing your own version?

Björn handpicked "The light of love" for me, he said 'cause it was a country song. I wanted to take away the country pop element and do something more introspective with it. I was very cautious to not listen to the original version while starting to work with the song and recording it.

So how do you think it turned out? Were successful in what you set out to accomplish?

Yeah, I'm quite happy about it and it was fun dubbing the vocals. I had a nice evening doing it.

Have you heard any of the other contributions to the project? Any favorites?

I've only heard what has been revealed and I think all have been fantastic this far. Love Susanna's [Susanna Brandin aka Winter Took His Life -ed.] choir arrangement of "At night we die". It's a great tribute to one of Sweden's best pop artists.

Download more Björn Kleinhenz covers here: http://www.tomtrecordings.se/thelight

Also, be sure to check out Thomas while he's on tour - dates at myspace: http://www.myspace.com/thomasdenverjonsson

As for me, I'm heading to SF for the next few days so expect updates to be slow. Mom, if you're reading this, I'll call you when I figure out my schedule - don't worry!

Thomas Denver Jonsson - The light of love

Here's the playlist for this week's radio show:

01. Small - Sunshine lover
02. TALK 1
03. Prince of Assyria - What ever you want
04. Necrovation - Putrid evocation
05. Division of Laura Lee - LAX
06. TALK 2
07. Tomas Halberstad - Travel as I wait
08. Sophie Zelmani - Yeah, okey
09. Kite - Ways to dance
10. TALK 3
11. Thomas Denver Jonsson - Light of love
12. The Tapirs - My violet you
13. E.S.T. - Leucocyte (Ad initio)
14. TALK 4
15. Enslaved - Vertebrae
16. Imagine I Had Hands - Hellbent on holding out
17. Melpo Mene - Kling klang clock
18. TALK 5
19. Puffin - A dream it seems

Reminder: My show on Sirius Left of Center (channel 26) airs Sundays at 11pm ET with repeats on Monday at the same time.